Farming implement



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Application May 28, 1936, Serial No. 82,338

4 Claims. (Cl. 55-74) This invention relates to new and useful imends with circular openings 9 to receive the main provements in farming implements. axle l and each carrying a gang or series of The primary object of my invention is to harrow teeth I0. The several bars of each harprovide an implement of this character that is row frame are held in properly spaced relation susceptible of a multiplicity of uses, and some by the sleeves or bushings Il, disposed between 5 of the more important of these uses may be the front swiveled ends of said bars, and the rear briefly enumerated as follows: ends of the latter together with the harrow teeth,

First: The machine may be used to cultivate are susceptible of limited up and down movecorn up to a height of six inches. ment in a vertical plane, as will more fully 10 Second: The implement will act as a mulch hereinafter appear. 10`

in wheat after sowing grass seed. The harrow frames may be raised or lowered Third: The machine may be used as a weeder at the will of the operator by certain lifting in cultivating corn and potatoes. means, briefly described as follows:

Fourth: The device may be used as a spike Longitudinally disposed elongated supporting tooth harrow. bars Ila are fastened by means of the U-shaped 15v Fifth: The machine may be employed to bolts and nuts l2 and I3, respectively, in asmulch ground after a dashing rain. sociation with the wooden blocks i4, to the main` Sixth: The device can be used in place of the axle l, and a tubular pipe or supporting bar I5 ordinary rotary hoe. is mounted on and bolted at the center to the 2O With the foregoing and other objects in View tongue 3 and bolted to and supported at its op- 20 that will appear as the nature of my invention posite ends to the supporting bars I la. A liftis better understood, the same consists in the ing frame is provided for eachl harrow frame. novel features of construction, combination, and Specifically, each lifting frame comprises a pair arrangement of parts illustrated in the accomof longitudinally disposed laterally spaced lifting panying drawings and more particularly pointed bars I6, pivoted at their front ends, as at l1, to out in the appended claims. the bar l5 and yieldably or resiliently connected Ih the aCCOHlpahyng drawings, Which are fOr at their rear ends by means of the cross bars I8, illustrative purposes only and are therefore not coil springs I9 and vertical plunger rods 20 to drawn to scale: the harrow frames. 3e) Figure 1 is a side elevation of a farming The harrow frames may be raised or lowered 30 implement embodying my improvements. as desired by means of the hand levers 2|, con- Figure 2 is a plan view. necting rods 22 and transverse crank shafts 23, Figure 3 is a central longitudinal section, taken and held at the desired adjustment by the pawls on line 3-3 of Figure 1. and ratchets 24 and 25, respectively. Each har- Fgule l iS a Vertical transverse Section, taken row frame is vcontrolled independently of the on line 1 4 of Figure 1, and the remaining views other, as will be apparent. are details of various features of my invention. From the foregoing description, taken in con- Referrng to the drawings for a more particular nection with the drawings, it is thought that the description of my invention, and in which dlaW- construction, operation and advantages of my lG HSS like parts are designated by like reference invention will be readily understood, withoutv 40 characters throughout the several views, the requiring a more extended explanation. numeral l designates the main axle, 2 the Sllp- Various changes in the form, proportions and pOItlg Wheels at Opposite ends of the main axle, minor details of construction may be resorted to 3 the tongue, angle iron braces between the without departing from the principles or sacriends of the axle and the tongue, and 5 the adflcing any of the advantages of my invention, as 45 justable tongue hitch, whereby the tongue may be defined in the appended claims.

raised or lowered, as desired. The numeral 6 Having described my invention, what I claim represents a metal seat for the driver or Opas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 81111201 and T the usual Support for the former. 1. In a farming implement of the character In carrying Out my ihVentiOn, I provide two specified, a main axle, supporting wheels at the 50 corresponding independent harrow frames A and ends of the main axle, a tongue fastened to the B. which are disposed at opposite sides of the axle, an adjustable-tongue hitch, angle bars extcngue 3. Each harrow frame comprises a plutending between the ends of the main axle and rality of corresponding longitudinally disposed the tongue, harrow frames swiveled to the axle,

laterally spaced bars 8, formed at. their forward. teeth carried by said frames and means under 55 the control of the operator for raising and lowering said harrow frames independently of each other.

2. In a farming implement of the character specified, a supporting frame, including a main axle, harrow frames swiveled at their front ends to the main axle, lifting frames for the harrov/ frames and means including hand levers and crank shafts connected to said levers for actuating the lifting frames independently of each other. I

3. In a farming implement of the character specified, a supporting frame, including a main axle, a transverse supporting tube situated in front of the main axle, supporting means for said tube, harrow frames swiveled at their front ends to the axle, lifting frames for said barrow frames, said lifting frames pivoted at their front ends to the supporting tube and yieldably or resiliently connected at their rear ends to the harroW frames, and means under the control of the driver for operating the lifting frames independently of each other. i

4. In a farming implement of the character specified, a supporting frame, including a main axle, a transverse supporting tube situated in front of the main axle, harrow frames swiveled at their front ends to the main axle and provided With gangs of harroW teeth, lifting frames for said harroW frames, said lifting frames pivoted a'tvtheir front ends to the supporting tube, means under the control of the operator for actuating the lifting frames independently of each other to raise or lower the rear ends of the corresponding harrow frames, and coil springs and plunger rods for yieldably or resiliently connecting the rear ends of the lifting frames to the harrow frames.

FRANK B. HEMMERT. 

